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SONNY CUMBIE CO-OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/ QUARTERBACKS 1st Season at TCU Texas Tech, 2004 Sonny Cumbie joined the TCU football staff as co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in December 2013. Cumbie came to the Horned Frogs after serving four seasons as an assistant coach at Texas Tech. He was co-offensive coordinator and outside receivers coach in 2013. Cumbie stepped into a play-calling role as interim offensive coordinator when the Red Raiders totaled 429 yards in a 34-31 win over Minnesota in the 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl. In 2012, Cumbie coached a pair of 1,000-yard receivers in Darrin Moore and Eric Ward. The 2011 Red Raiders featured the seventhbest passing offense in the nation with 4,145 yards. A total of 13 different receivers had 10 or more catches over the course of the campaign. In Cumbie’s first season in 2010, the Red Raiders totaled 4,146 receiving yards and 39 touchdowns. During his years as a student-athlete at Texas Tech, Cumbie worked diligently and waited patiently for his chance to serve as a starting quarterback. That opportunity came in 2004, when he led the Red Raiders to an 8-4 record. Texas Tech twice reached the 70-point mark. Cumbie capped the season by passing for 520 yards and earning Holiday Bowl Most Valuable Player honors in a 45-31 victory over No. 4 California. The 520 yards remain a Holiday Bowl record. Cumbie finished the season with 4,472 yards passing, the fifth-best total in school history and seventh best all-time in the NCAA. Cumbie received All-Big 12 honors on the field and in the classroom. He has a bachelor’s degree in history. Following graduation, Cumbie went on to play for the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League. As a rookie in 2006, he started 12 games and set a franchise record for most passes attempted without an interception (252). He was named to the AFL All-Rookie Team and was a finalist for Rookie of the Year. Upon completion of the 2006 season, Cumbie was signed by the Baltimore Ravens. Cumbie was back in the AFL in 2007, passing for
83 touchdowns in leading the Avengers to their first playoff victory in franchise history. From 2005-09, during the AFL’s off seasons, Cumbie served on the Texas Tech Sports Network as an analyst. After the AFL ceased operations before the start of the 2009 season, Cumbie became the head coach and director of player personnel for the San Angelo Stampede of the Indoor Football League. Four games into the season, Cumbie added starting quarterback to his list of responsibilities. As he did with the Avengers, Cumbie led the Stampede to the playoffs and their first postseason win. Cumbie and his wife, Tamra, are both natives of Snyder, Texas. They have a son, Grey.
CUMBIE FILE Born:________________________________Aug. 8, 1981 Hometown:_________________________ Snyder, Texas Married:_________________________________ Tamra Children:___________________________________Grey Alma Mater:_____________________Texas Tech (2004)
PLAYING EXPERIENCE 2000-04______________________________ Texas Tech 2006-08_____________________ Los Angeles Avengers 2009________________________ San Angelo Stampede
COACHING EXPERIENCE 2009________________________ San Angelo Stampede
(Head Coach/Director of Player Personnel)
2010-12_______________Texas Tech (Inside Receivers) 2013_________________________________ Texas Tech
(Co-Offensive Coordinator/Outside Receivers)
2014_______________________________________ TCU
(Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
BOWL GAMES 2010_____________________ Valero Alamo Bowl (TTU) 2011________________________Ticket City Bowl (TTU) 2012__________________Meineke Car Care Bowl (TTU)
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